The waters can look so still and blue, like a painting, though they can also become rough with waves when the wind blows.

VOA: special.2009.01.05

Rand and Branden began to have a sexual relationship even though they were married to other people.

VOA: special.2010.06.06

Men and women often live in the same building, though they may live on separate floors.

VOA: special.2009.08.07

Many other funny men spoke as though they came from other countries.

VOA: special.2009.07.19

Now they are overwhelmingly female even though they started out as male.

VOA: special.2009.07.06

President Obama says Republicans and Democrats can cooperate to strengthen the economy, even though they disagree on many issues.

VOA: standard.2010.02.09

Cigarettes are here too even though they are among the goods that are banned under the Israeli and Egyptian blockade.

VOA: standard.2010.06.16

even though they have been designated as foreign terrorist organizations by the State Department.

VOA: standard.2009.10.01

Leonardo DiCaprio said even though they had all read the script, he and the rest of the cast were often kept off-balance while making the film because of those multiple realities.

VOA: standard.2010.02.27

"That will involve keeping countries happy with the division of labor as regards carbon trading, as regards how much they want to hold back their own industrial development, even though they say particularly many of the EU's new countries that they were poor for a long time, no different than the Chinese, that they have a right to develop their economy, that it is the rich countries in Europe that are more responsible for climate change than they are and they should get special treatment in any kind of EU position."

VOA: standard.2009.10.29

She found they all valued their independence and many enjoyed having the power of control, though not all wanted it.

VOA: special.2009.11.20

They wanted to help, even though many of them were as poor as the Anderson family.

VOA: special.2009.01.18

So someone returning from mass displacement, even though I'm sure are thrilled to be going home, they bring with them all sorts of challenges upon their return."

VOA: special.2011.07.06

I do whisper the description to him sometimes, though you can see people around don't understand and they're watching us like 'What the ...?'" "'Tell that woman to shut up!'

VOA: special.2010.03.01